Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 07:45:00 +0100 From: Stephan Mantler <step@acm.org> To: Incoming Mail List <mailist@whoweb.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [fbsd-qns] copying over kernel Message-ID: <20011122074500.A20736@step.cg.tuwien.ac.at> In-Reply-To: <200111211855.NAA07548@whoweb.com>; from mailist@whoweb.com on Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 01:55:10PM -0500 References: <200111211855.NAA07548@whoweb.com>
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> I want to replace /kernel with /kernel.orig. Even as superuser, I > cannot overwrite /kernel. (this applies to other binaries as well): you don't replace the original binary but move it out of the way. the next access will then go to the right file: # mv /kernel /kernel.old # mv /kernel.orig /kernel # reboot hth, -step -- stephan mantler: endurance sports maniac reality is in fact virtual. http://step.wastelander.org/ step@acm.org gnu pgp fingerprint: 0A25 EBE7 8AD3 A65D FEB5 C40E 88F9 DF4C 12CB C848 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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